UNITE 4 HUMANITY

Registered charity 1158152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural or other kind of disasters in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies, organisations and/or countries affected, including the provision of medical aid.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £31,513 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £218,304. The trustees report that free reserves of £218k are sufficient to cover estimated winding-up costs and exceed the policy target of three months of working capital. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of working capital (reserves figure: £218k)
“establishes a surplus above our policy of having a free reserve of at least three months of working capital Association.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hamilton Coopers. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2025 (received 22/07/2026, 113 days after the 31/03/2026 due date); year ending 31/05/2023 (received 30/05/2024, 60 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Unite 4 Humanity (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Bradford City · Cambridgeshire · India · Jordan · Kenya · Lebanon · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Morocco · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/05/2024£919k£1.0m
31/05/2023£1.0m£1.0m
31/05/2022£795k£842k
31/05/2021£844k£708k

Common questions

Is UNITE 4 HUMANITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £31,513 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £218,304. The trustees report that free reserves of £218k are sufficient to cover estimated winding-up costs and exceed the policy target of three months of working capital. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hamilton Coopers.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PENNY APPEAL1£1.3m
THE FIDELIS FOUNDATION1£400k
ACTIONAID1£275k
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST1£211k
Howden Foundation1£204k
JIGSAW CHARITY1£151k
GOODWILL CARAVAN1£140k
AGHOSH UK1£137k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNITE 4 HUMANITY£1.1m—0above—no doubt
HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS FY2025£624k—0unclear—no doubt
Humanitas FY2025£351k—0unclear—no doubt
SIMPLE REASON FY2026£61k—0unclear—no doubt
AID HUMANITY FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.